Garden-tool.



A.W. UPTON.

GARDEN TOOL. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. I914.

1 15 385, Patented Oct. 26, 1915.

I cpLUMnlA PLANOGRAPH C0.,WASHINGTON D c NTT TA PA I ALBERT W. UPTON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GARDEN-TOOL.

Application filed September 2, 1914.

' specification.

My invention relates to a tool designed for use in hoeing, raking and otherwise destroying weeds in the garden, orchard or field, and the object thereof is to provide a. simple efficient tool for those uses.

In the drawings forming a pant of this application: Figure l is a bottom plan View oi my improved tool with the handle partly broken off. Figs. 2 and 3 are side elevations of the ends of the tool. Fig. it is a bottom perspective view of the. top plate of my tool.

My improved tool consists of a rake having a head 5 from which project to the front teeth 6 which are of suitable size and shape to be used for cultivating or raking the ground. A wooden handle 7 is secured to the head by means of ferrule 8 and braces 9 which may be formed integral. Adjacent the head the braces may be provided with transverse holes 10. one of which is shown at the left in Fig. 1, for the reception ofrivets or bolts 11, by means of which the top plate 12 is secured in place. Two holes, as shown at the right in Fig. 4, may be used at each side of the top plate for the reception of the ends of a yoke 13 which is passed around the head of the rake and riveted in the plate or otherwise fastened. The parts of my tool thus far described may be of the ordinary construction of an iron rake. The top plate is formed of suitable sheet steel and is secured upon the back of the head as before described or in any other suitable manner. The edge 13 of the top plate which projects beyond the head and away from the handle Specification of Letters'latent.

Patented Got. 26, 1915.

Serial No. 859,772.

is serrated and the teeth are sharpened so as to readily cut weeds when pushed against them and forms a push weeder. This push weeder portion of the top plate is bent angularly to a plane passing longitudinally through the head and handle so that it will lie flat upon the ground when the handle is properly positioned for use by a medium sized operator. The ends of the top plate are bent at right angles to the other portions and when positioned for use project in the same direction as the teeth of the rake. One edge of each. of the end pieces is sharpened and bent outwardly, that is, away from the rake. At one end the outwardly projecting edge is on the handle side of the head and at the other end the projecting edge is on the other side of the head. These ends form hoe blades one of which is a push hoe 14 and the other a chop hoe 15.

By this construction a garden tool is formed that can be used as a rake, or as a cultivator or as a push weeder or as a hoe.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination of a rake with a top plate secured to the head of the rake, said top plate having its ends bent in the direction of the rake teeth and formed into hoe blades.

2. The combination of a rake, with a top plate secured to the head of the rake, said top plate having a toothed edge projecting away from the handle and its ends bent in the direction of the rake teeth and formed into hoe blades.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed. my name this 21st day of August, 1914.

ALBERT WV. UPTON.

Witnesses G. E. HARPI-IAM, FRANK VVATERFIELD.

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